remembrance day

Toronto, 2004.11.11

So I didn't get to the Remembrance Day ceremony downtown this morning. Just couldn't get going, thanks to the leftovers of this cold I've struggling with. Dang, I lied to a member of Parliament!

I watched the national one that took place in Ottawa on the CBC, instead. They said that they had a record crowd out for the ceremony this year, and that the trend has been for ever-increasing turnout. I'm not sure what is going on in the country, but I think that we're seeing a long-overdue resurgence in support for our armed forces, at last.

About time. I for one am sick of hearing the frustrated tales of woe from former members of our armed forces. This country has a respectable military history - one that is actually honourable - and somehow we turned our back on it.